Gustav Klimt

Visual Arts Austrian 1862 – 1918 58 quotes

An Austrian Symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement, known for his opulent and decorative works, especially 'The Kiss'.

Quotes by Gustav Klimt

Life is a dream, and we are the dreamers.

Notebook 1912

I paint what I see, and what I feel.

Interview 1906

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

Letter 1903

Creativity takes courage.

Personal reflection 1917

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

Speech 1897

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Notebook 1908

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Interview 1910

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Letter 1904

The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.

Personal reflection 1915

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.

Speech 1900

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Notebook 1909

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Letter 1913

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Interview 1896

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.

Personal reflection 1902

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.

Speech 1911

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

Letter 1905

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine, and at last you create what you will.

Notebook 1916

On my deathbed, I whispered: 'The kiss lingers forever.'

Deathbed words 1918